HikCentral Specification

HikCentral V1.3.2
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Introduction
HikCentral is a flexible, scalable, reliable
and powerful central video system. It can
be delivered after pre-installed on Dell
server. HikCentral provides central
management, information sharing,
convenient connection and multi-service
cooperation. It is capable of adding devices for management, live view, storage and playback of
video files, alarm linkage, access control, time and attendance, facial identification, and so on.

Key Components
Video Surveillance Management (VSM) Service
Streaming Service (Optional)
Web Client/Control Client/Mobile Client

System Requirements
Feature Description
Microsoft® Windows 7 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 8 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
OS for VSM Server Microsoft® Windows 10 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 8 (32/64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)
OS for Control Client Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows 10 (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
Internet Explorer 10/11 and above (32-bit)
Browser Version Chrome 35 and above (32-bit)
Firefox 32 and above (32-bit)
Database PostgreSQL V9.6.2
iOS 8.0 and later
OS for Smartphone Android phone OS version 4.0 or later, and dual-core CPU with 1.5 GHz or
above, and at least 2G RAM
iOS 8.0 and later
OS for Tablet
Android tablet with Android OS version 4.1 or later
VMware® ESXi™ 6.x
Virtual Machine
Microsoft® Hyper-V with Windows Server 2012 R2
(VSM)
*The Streaming Server and Control Client cannot run on the virtual machine.

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Function Features
VSM Server
 Provides normal and hot spare installation mode
 Provides centralized management for users, roles, permissions, surveillance devices, and
servers
 Provides log management and statistics function
 Scalable for medium and large-sized projects
 Manage Remote Sites for HikCentral with RSM module
 Service manager for system health monitoring
 Streaming gateway: a VSM component that forwards and distributes audio and video data
as well as forwards signaling

Streaming Service
 Forwards and distributes audio and video data

Web Client
 Access to the VSM service via IP address or domain name
 License management
 Online or offline activation
 Online or offline update
 Online or offline deactivation
 Startup wizard guides you through basic operations including
 Adding encoding devices
 Adding access control devices
 Configuring event parameters
 Managing system users
 Supports standard ONVIF™ protocol
 Remote Site’s central management:
 Add Remote Site to the Central System (HikCentral with an RSM module). Three adding
modes for Remote Sites available:
 By specifying the Remote Site’s IP address or domain name
 Adding Remote Site registered to the Central System.
 By importing in a batch
 Select the alarms configured on the Remote Site to receive in the Central System.
 Back up the Remote Site's database in the Central System manually or regularly.
 Synchronize the changed resources in the Central System (newly added cameras,
deleted cameras, and name changed cameras) with the Remote Site.
 Encoding device management
 Multiple devices can be added: network cameras, network speed domes, video
encoders, NVRs, etc.
 Create password for inactive encoding device(s)
 The password strength of the added encoding device can be checked by the system for

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security purpose
 Six adding modes for encoding devices available:
 By detecting online devices in the same subnet with the VSM server or current PC
 By specifying the device IP address or domain name
 By adding the devices added to a Hik-Connect account
 By specifying an IP segment
 By specifying a port segment
 By importing in a batch
 Access control device management
 Create password for inactive access control device(s)
 The password strength of the added access control device can be checked by the
system for security purpose
 Five adding modes for access control devices available:
 By detecting online devices in the same subnet with the VSM server or current PC
 By specifying the device IP address
 By specifying an IP segment
 By specifying a port segment
 By importing in a batch
 Security control device management
 Create password for inactive security control device(s) (such as security control panel,
panic alarm station, etc.)
 The password strength of the added security control device can be checked by the
system for security purpose
 Five adding modes for security control devices available:
 By detecting online devices in the same subnet with the VSM server or current PC
 By specifying the device IP address
 By adding the devices added to a Hik-Connect account
 By specifying an IP segment
 By specifying a port segment
 By importing in a batch
 Restore or reset passwords for detected online devices
 Recording Server manageable
 Add pStor, Hybrid Storage Area Network (Hybrid SAN) or Cloud Storage Server as a
Recording Server
 Add pStor, Hybrid SAN or Cloud Storage Server by IP address
 Provides WAN access
 Provides searching the video files stored in Cloud Storage Server via the HikCentral
Mobile Client.
 Remotely configure the added pStor, Hybrid SAN or Cloud Storage Server via a web
browser
 One-touch configuration for setting the Hybrid SAN storage
 Hybrid SAN N+1 hot spare
 Provides ANR function
 Streaming Server manageable

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 Add Streaming Server by IP address

 Provides WAN and LAN access
 Smart wall manageable
 Create password for inactive decoding device(s)
 The password strength of the added decoding device can be checked by the system for
security notification
 Four adding modes for decoding devices available:
 By detecting online devices in the same subnet with the VSM server or current PC
 By specifying the device IP address
 By specifying an IP segment
 By specifying a port segment
 Set cascade for decoders via a video wall controller to realize cross-decoder functions
 Add smart wall and link decoding output with the window
 Manage resources (cameras, alarm inputs, alarm outputs, access points, and UVSSs) by
areas
 Recording
 Two storage methods for storing the video files:
 Encoding Device: DVR/NVR/ network camera (SD card);
 Recording Server: pStor, Hybrid SAN or Cloud Storage Server
 For Remote Site’s cameras, store video files in the Central System’s pStor, Hybrid SAN
or Cloud Storage Server
 Continuous recording, event triggered recording, and command triggered recording.
 Set uploading schedule to upload the specific type of video files stored in one storage
medium to the selected storage location
 Set recording schedule: All-Day Time-Based Template, All-Day Event-Based Template,
and Custom Template
 Auxiliary storage
 Picture storage
 Store the images uploaded from the devices, such as alarm triggered pictures, captured
face pictures, and captured plate license pictures on the HDD of VSM server, Hybrid
SAN, Cloud Storage Server, or pStor.
 Store the pictures imported by the users, such as the original undercarriage pictures
imported when adding vehicles, static map pictures, the face pictures in the person list,
on the HDD of VSM server.
 Edit access point's parameters
 Edit basic information
 Door contact: Normally Open / Normally Closed
 Exit button type: Normally Open / Normally Closed
 Open duration(s)
 Extended open duration(s)
 Door open timeout alarm
 Duress code
 Super password
 Dismiss code

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 Free access schedule

 Set related camera(s) to view the video on Control Client
 Edit application settings
 Anti-passback
 Open door with first card
 Edit hardware settings
 Edit card reader related parameters: OK LED Polarity, Error LED Polarity, Buzzer
Polarity
 Set card reader's access mode
 Set minimum card swiping interval
 Specify the seconds after which the entry on keypad will be reset
 Enable failed card attempt alarm
 Enable tampering detection
 Group zones into different security control partitions
 Import added security control panel's alarm inputs into different security control
partitions according to the relation between zones and partitions configured on device
 Set defense schedule to define when and how to arm the alarm inputs
 Events & Alarms
 Set system-monitored events for the resources in the system
 Camera events: motion, video loss, line crossing, etc.
 Access point events: access events, door status events, etc.
 Device alarm input (including zones) events
 Person event for face comparison (face matched or mismatched)
 ANPR event (license plate matched or mismatched)
 UVSS exceptions: UVSS online or offline
 Remote Site exceptions: site offline
 Device exceptions: device offline, HDD full, HDD read/write error, etc. (including
encoding devices, access control devices, and security control devices)
 Server exceptions: high mainboard temperature, bad disk, disk loss, etc. (including
Streaming Servers, Recording Servers, and HikCentral Server)
 User events: user login or logout
 User-defined events
 Generic events
 Set event linkage actions such as recording, creating tag, capturing pictures, linking
access points, linking alarm outputs, PTZ actions, sending emails, and triggering
user-defined events
 Send emails to notify users of triggered event information with email template
configurable
 Create a generic event rule to analyze the received TCP and/or UDP data packages, and
trigger events
 Customize a user-defined event to define the event which is not in the provided
system-related event list. You can trigger it manually on the Control Client
 Trigger the events as alarms and set alarm linkage actions including related cameras,
related maps, pop-up window, displaying on smart wall, audible warning, and

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triggering user-defined event

 Save event as alarm when editing event
 In the Central System, detect camera alarms configured on Remote Site
 Detect camera alarms, door alarms, alarm input alarms, ANPR alarms, person alarms,
Remote Site alarms, encoding device exception alarms, server exception alarms, user
alarms, user-defined alarms, and generic alarms
 Set arming schedule for the events: all-day template, weekday template, weekend
template, and custom template
 Set arming schedule for the alarms: all-day template, weekday template, weekend
template, custom template, or the alarms can be armed or disarmed when an event
starts or ends
 Set alarm priority: high, medium, low, and custom
 Set alarm category: true, false, to be acknowledged, and to be verified
 Map management
 Link e-map to area
 Search locations on GIS map
 Set the current site's and added Remote Site's location to the GIS map
 Add/edit/delete the hot region on the map
 Add/edit/delete hot spots region on the map
 Add/edit/delete hot spots (camera/alarm input/alarm output/door/UVSS) on the map
 Add labels with description on the map
 Vehicle management
 Add vehicle information manually
 Import vehicle information according to the pre-defined template
 Set effective period for the added vehicles
 Person list management
 Add person information one by one
 Import information of multiple persons in a batch
 Import information of multiple persons in the domain in a batch
 Import multiple persons’ profiles in a batch
 Profile format: JPG, JPEG, and PNG
 Enable the person profile as the person's face credential which is used when access via
face recognition terminal
 Issue cards to multiple persons in a batch
 Access control
 Group persons with same access permission into access groups
 Group access points into access levels and set schedule to define the authorized time
periods
 Assign the access level to access group
 Apply all the access groups to device manually or regularly
 Set access control schedule including weekly schedule and holiday schedule
 Time and attendance
 Group persons into attendance groups
 Add/delete the shift schedule

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 Assign the shift schedule to attendance group

 Add/delete the access control checkpoint
 Search the attendance records
 Correct single person’s attendance record
 Correct multiple persons’ attendance records
 Face comparison group
 Group persons into face comparison group
 Set similarity threshold when adding face comparison
 Apply the face comparison group to device
 Role & User management
 The default password of the admin user must be changed at first-time login.
 Support changing the password of the admin user
 The admin user can reset other users’ password
 The user account will be frozen for 30 minutes after 5 failed password attempts
 Add/edit/delete roles and users
 Roles can be assigned with different permissions, including area display rule, resource
access, and user permissions
 Two default roles are supported: administrators and operators
 The role name, expiry date, and text description can be set for the roles
 The users can be assigned with the roles to obtain the corresponding permissions
 The user name, expiry date, and text description can be set for the users
 Two types of user status are supported: active and inactive
 Set an email address for the added user so that he/she can reset the password via
email if he/she forgot the password
 PTZ control permission level (1~100) can be set
 Domain users can be imported in batches
 The user can be forced to logout by the admin user
 Security settings
 Lock IP address for configurable duration when reaching the configured failed
password attempts
 Set the minimum password strength
 Set the maximum password age
 Lock the Control Client after a time period of inactivity
 System configuration & maintenance
 Create a name for the current site
 Enable GIS map function, configure the map API URL, and customize the icons of hot
region and hot spot
 Set the threshold for the VSM server’s CPU usage and RAM usage
 NTP settings
 Active directory settings
 Allow the system to receive the configured generic events.
 For Central System, allow Remote Site registration
 For Remote Site, register Remote Site to Central System
 A static IP address can be set for the WAN access

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 Set network timeout (default waiting time) for the configurations on the Web Client
 Set device access mode as automatically judge or proxy mode
 VSM server NIC settings
 Set the retention period for storing the data recorded in system
 Pre-define schedule templates including recording schedule, arming schedule, access
schedule, and defense schedule, and set holidays to adopt different shift schedule or
access control schedule
 Pre-define email templates
 Pre-define rules for regular report so that the system can send a report to the receivers
regularly, with content including events, alarms, passing vehicles, people counting,
queue status, and temperature
 Set unique IDs for the cameras in the system
 Set working mode as face recognition terminals or access control terminals for the
managed DS-5600 face recognition series
 Set transfer protocol as HTTP or HTTPS
 System hot spare settings
 Reset network information of added devices
 Export service component certificate from VSM server
 Backup and restore database
 Live view
 View real-time video from the cameras on the current site or cameras imported from a
Remote Site
 PTZ control
 Manual recording
 Capture
 Instant playback
 Digital zoom
 Two-way audio
 Switch between main stream or sub-stream
 Display live view parameters.
 Turn on/off the audio in live view; adjust the volume
 Set the window division
 POS Live View
 Display transaction data alongside corresponding video
 Transaction information video overlay/separate display
 Playback
 Play the recorded video of the cameras on the current site and cameras imported from
a Remote Site
 Playback by timeline
 Playback for up to 16 cameras
 Download the recordings for backup
 Reverse playback
 Playback frame-by-frame
 Single-frame backward

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 Slow forward/fast forward

 Turn on/off the audio in playback; adjust the volume
 Video clipping and capture
 Set the window division
 Digital zoom
 Display video parameters
 Customize playback speed
 Select storage location and stream type for playback
 Local configuration
 Set the network transmission settings
 GPU hardware decoding
 Stream type for global usage: main stream, sub-stream, and smooth stream
 Set the window proportion threshold for switching between main stream or
sub-stream
 Network timeout: default waiting time for the operations in Applications on the
Web Client
 Video caching: small (1 frame)/medium (6 frames)/large (15 frame)
 Captured picture format: JPEG/BMP
 Device access mode: restore default/automatically judge/directly access/proxy
 View local saving path of videos or pictures

Control Client
 GPU hardware decoding
 Receive alarm
 Access to VSM via IP address and domain name
 Log in with the domain user
 The user account will be frozen after 5 failed password attempts
 The window division is self-adaptive according to the number of cameras under live view or
playback
 Live view
 View real-time video from the cameras on current site or cameras imported from
Remote Site
 PTZ control
 PTZ control lock/unlock
 Public view and private view
 Camera auto-switch/View auto-switch
 Manual recording
 Capture
 Instant playback
 Auxiliary screen preview
 Digital zoom
 Two-way audio
 Turn on/off the audio in live view; adjust the volume
 Camera status detection

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 Arming control
 Switch the live view stream to main stream, sub-stream, or smooth stream
 Start live view on smart wall
 View fisheye camera's live view in fisheye dewarping modes
 View detected events in live view, including resource events, face comparison events,
and access events
 Playback
 Normal playback for continuous recordings
 VCA playback based on motion analysis/intrusion/line crossing events
 Async/Sync playback for up to 16 cameras
 Playback in fisheye dewarping mode
 Add default, customized tag to mark the important video footage
 Play the tagged video footage
 Play by files/timeline
 Lock/unlock the video file for file protection
 Download the video files
 Reverse playback
 Single-frame backward
 Playback frame-by-frame
 Slow forward/fast forward
 Customize high speed playback settings
 Turn on/off the audio in playback; adjust the volume
 Provide video thumbnail on the timeline
 Accurate positioning for playback
 Digital zoom
 Video clipping
 Capture
 Camera status detection
 Arming control
 Switch the video stream to main stream, sub-stream, or smooth stream
 Playback on smart wall
 Transcoding playback
 Extract frames to play the images one by one
 Manage captured pictures and recorded/clipped video files during live view and playback
which are stored in local PC
 Map control
 View the geographic locations of resources on the map
 Get the live view and playback of the cameras, UVSSs, and doors on the map
 Arming control: arm and disarm cameras, alarm inputs, UVSSs, and doors on the map
 Search and view history alarms of cameras, alarm inputs, UVSSs, and doors on the map
 Get a notification message on the map when alarm is triggered
 Jump to the hot region map
 Zoom in/out on the map
 Select resource(s) on the map

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 Add labels with description on the map

 Capture
 Print map
 Locate resource on the map
 View the live video or playback of the resources on the map
 Alarm center
 Display alarm info including alarm time, alarm name, alarm status, etc.
 Display system alarm info including time and description
 Play the video from the alarm time
 View the live video from the related camera
 Play the alarm related video on smart wall
 Add a tag to the alarm information
 Acknowledge the alarm with a text description
 Arming control for alarms
 Sort alarms by the selected property
 Clear alarms manually
 Enable/disable the alarm audio
 Enable/disable alarm triggered pop-up window
 Search event log files and alarm log files
 Manually trigger user-defined event
 ANPR control
 View ANPR camera’s live view and view recognized license plate number
 Mark the detected vehicle
 Add the new detected vehicle to the vehicle list
 Search logs of vehicle license plate recognized by the camera and the related vehicle
passing information
 UVSS control
 View UVSS’ live view and view captured undercarriage pictures of the passing vehicles
and license plate number
 Mark on undercarriage picture
 Mark the detected vehicle
 Add the new detected vehicle to the vehicle list
 Search logs of vehicle license plate recognized by the camera and the related vehicle
passing information
 Face comparison
 View capture camera's live view and view detected and matched persons
 View the face comparison information
 Add mismatched persons to person list
 Upload a face picture to search the video when the face picture captured
 Subscribe to receive face matched/mismatched events from all the face comparison
groups
 Access control
 View live videos of access point's related camera(s)
 Play back the recorded video files of door’s related camera(s)

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 Control access points to lock, unlock, remain locked, or remain unlocked

 View the card swiping record in real time
 Search the access control events triggered on the added access points
 Subscribe to receive access events from all the access points
 Video search
 Search video files stored on local devices or Recording Server
 Search the video clip by tag, lock, segment, or interval
 Search in storage location in Main Storage or Auxiliary Storage
 Search the transaction event by entering the keywords in POS information
 Search ATM event by entering card number that is contained in the ATM information
 Set VCA rules to search the video where a VCA event occurs
 Search capture face pictures and related video by uploading a picture
 Search matched face pictures and related video by selecting face comparison groups
 Play the searched video clip
 Download the searched video clip
 Report
 People counting report: Generate a report for the added people counting camera(s) to
view the number of people entered, exited, or both entered and exited
 Queue analysis report: Generate a report to show the number of queue exceptions and
number of persons in each queue, and show the queue status including waiting
duration and queue length
 Heat map report: Generate a report to analyze the visit times and dwell time of
customers
 Temperature report: Generate a report to show the number of exceptions
(temperature too high or too low) and maximum/minimum temperature of different
thermometry points
 Vehicle analysis report: Generate a report to show the number of passing vehicles
detected by the ANPR cameras during specified time period
 Export report and save in local PC
 Health monitoring
 Status overview of the resources, including cameras, access points, UVSSs, encoding
devices, access control devices, security control devices, Remote Sites, decoding
devices, VSM, Recording Servers, and Streaming Servers
 Detailed status page of cameras, encoding devices, access points, UVSSs, access control
devices, Remote Sites, decoding devices, Recording Servers, and Streaming Servers
 Set stream type for the resources to main stream, sub-stream, smooth stream, or
restore to global stream
 Tools
 Smart Wall
 Decode and display the video streams from the camera on the smart wall
 View camera status
 Switch the live view stream to main stream or sub-stream
 PTZ control
 Window division

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 Switch to playback
 View auto-switch
 Create a roaming window
 Enlarge and restore window
 View and export window No. and camera ID
 VS Player
 Broadcast
 Alarm Output
 Two-Way Audio
 Download center
 Check the downloading tasks and status
 Continuous transmission on the breakpoint
 Download the player for playing back the video files
 Audit Trail
 Search log files of VSM, Remote Site, cameras, and smart walls that are connected to
the system
 Back up log files
 System settings
 Configure general parameters
 Global Stream: main stream, sub-stream, smooth stream for global usage
 Set the window proportion threshold for switching between main stream or
sub-stream
 Network timeout: the default waiting time for the Control Client
 Picture format: JPEG/BMP
 Maximum mode: Maximize/Full Screen
 Auto-login
 Resume last interface
 Display the number of each window
 Configure image parameters
 View scale: full screen or original resolution
 Window scale: 4:3 or 16:9
 Video caching: small (1 frame), medium (6 frames), or large (15 frames)
 Continuous decoding
 Enable/disable highlight for Motion
 Enable/disable VCA rule
 Enable/disable GPU hardware decoding
 Enable/disable display transaction information on live view and playback image
 Enable/disable display temperature information on live view and playback image
 Configuring local saving path of videos/pictures/packages
 Configuring keyboard and joystick parameters
 Configuring live view and playback settings
 Configure icons on live view and playback toolbar
 Enable/disable toolbar display
 Set alarm sounds by local audio files or voice engine (require support of the OS)

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Mobile Client
 Access to the VSM via IP address
 Log in with normal user or domain user
 Log in with HTTP or HTTPS transfer protocol
 The user account will be frozen after 5 failed password attempts
 Add/remove cameras to/from My Favorites
 Search cameras in different sites
 Live view
 View real-time video from the cameras
 View real-time video from the access point’s related camera(s)
 View real-time video from the UVSS’s camera (only for tablet)
 Set 1/4/9 window division
 PTZ control
 Turn on/off the audio in live view
 Set the video quality
 Manual recording
 Capture
 Two-way audio
 Digital zoom
 Slide on the image to realize fisheye dewarping
 Lock/unlock door manually
 Display persons’ real-time access records, including person profile, person name, and
access results
 View the recognized passing vehicle information, including license plate number and
passing time
 View the detected passing vehicle information, including real-time undercarriage
picture, configured undercarriage picture, vehicle picture, license plate number and
passing time (only for tablet)
 Mark on the captured real-time undercarriage picture (only for tablet)
 Add new vehicle to the vehicle list
 View the person’s face comparison information (real-time and history), including
captured face picture, person details, captured time, and similarity
 Add mismatched person into person list
 Trigger user-defined event manually
 Playback
 Search by date/storage mode
 Provide three storage modes: encoding devices, Hybrid SAN, and Cloud Storage Server
 Playback the recordings
 Turn on/off the audio in playback
 Video clipping
 Capture
 Synchronous playback
 Digital zoom

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 Switch the video stream to main stream or sub-stream

 Slide on the image to realize fisheye dewarping
 Transcoding playback
 PIP mode (only for tablet)
 Scale up or scale down the playback timeline bar
 Receive alarms
 Receive and display alarm notification and view alarm related live video or recording
 View the alarm time of current site and Remote Site
 Filter alarms by alarm priority, alarm status, alarm category
 View alarm sources on related maps
 Acknowledge alarms
 Display alarms of security control devices in real-time
 Display the camera details including online status, PTZ control, etc.
 Turnstile and face recognition devices accessible, and you can control them such as
opening/closing door
 Add person information
 Map control (only for tablet)
 View the geographic locations of resources on the map
 Get the live view and playback of the cameras, UVSSs, and doors on the map
 Get a notification message on the map when alarm is triggered
 Jump to the hot region map
 Zoom in/out on the map
 Select resource(s) on the map
 Add labels with description on the map
 Locate resource on the map
 Subscribe events of all the access points and all face comparison groups (only for tablet)
 Search (only for tablet)
 Search video: search tagged video and VCA event related video
 Search passing vehicle logs: search records of passing vehicles and view vehicle details
 Search access records: search the persons’ access records and view the access details
including person details and door information
 Add person to person list
 BI report (only for tablet)
 Heat map report
 Temperature report
 Queue analysis report
 People counting report
 Vehicle ANPR report
 View/delete/share the captured images and video clips
 Provide traffic flow statistics of Current Day/ Current Month/History
 Set device access mode as Restore Default/Automatically Judge/Directly Access/Proxy Mode
to define the accessing device mode when performing live view or playback
 Provide hardware decoding

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Software Specification
The following table shows the maximum performance of the VSM service. For other detailed
data and performance, refer to HikCentral V1.3.2_Software Requirements & Hardware
Performance.

Without RSM With RSM

Features (E3-1220) (E5-2620)
3,000②
(Current Site)
Cameras 3,000①
100,000③
(Central System)
1,024
Encoding Device 1,024
(Current Site)
128
Access Control Device 128
(Current Site)
Encoding Devices, Access Control
1,024①
Devices, and Security Control Devices
Encoding Devices, Access Control
1,024②③
Devices, Security Control Devices, and
(Current Site)
Remote Sites
Alarm Inputs (Including Alarm Inputs
3,000
of Security Control Devices)
Alarm Outputs 3,000
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General
DS-5600 Series Face Recognition *If DS-5600 series devices are applied
Terminals When Applied with with third-party turnstiles, they are
Hikvision Turnstiles regarded as access control devices and
the maximum amount is 128.
ANPR Cameras 3,000
People Counting Cameras Recommended: 300
Heat Map Cameras Recommended: 70
Thermal Cameras Recommended: 20
Queue Management Cameras Recommended: 300
Recording Servers 64
Streaming Servers 64
Areas 3,000
Area Hierarchies 5
Cameras per Area 64
Alarm Inputs per Area 64
Alarm Outputs per Area 64
Email Templates Unlimited
30,000
Recording Recording Schedules 3,000
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Current Site and

from Remote Sites)
Recording Schedule Templates 200
10,000
Event and Alarm Rules 3,000 (Current Site and
Remote Sites)
Storage of Events or Alarms without
100/s
Pictures
20/s (Each Picture 500 KB, Stored in VSM
Storage of Events or Alarms with Server)
Pictures 80/s (Each Picture 500 KB, Stored in
Event & Alarm Recording Server)
120/s
100 Clients/s
Events or Alarms Sent to Clients
*The clients include Control Clients and
Mobile Clients.
Arming Schedule Templates 200
Alarm Categories 25
Alarm Priorities 255
Regular Report Rules 100
Event or Alarm Rules in One
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Event/Alarm Report Rule
Records in One Sent Report 10,000 or 10 MB
 20 People Counting Cameras for
One People Counting Report
Reports Resources Selected for One Report
 20 ANPR Cameras for One Vehicle
*With this limitation, you can
Analysis Report
generate a neat and clear report via
 20 Queues for One Queue Analysis
the Control Client and it costs less
Report
time.
 20 Presets for One Temperature
Report
Data Recorded in System
*Including event logs, recording
tags, face comparison data, card
swiping records, attendance records, Stored for 3 Years
ANPR records, video analysis data,
service error logs, service warning
Data Storage logs, and service information logs.
Alarm Logs 60 Million
BI Data
*Including heat map records, passing
vehicle records, people counting Stored for 3 Years
records, temperature records, and
queue analysis records.
Users and Concurrent Accesses via Web Clients, 100

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Roles Control Clients, and OpenSDK Clients

Concurrent Accesses via Mobile
100
Clients and OpenSDK Clients
Users 3,000
Roles 3,000
E-maps 1,024
Map Resolution 8192×8192
Hot Regions per Map 64
Camera Hot Spots per Map 128
Alarm Input Hot Spots per Map 128
Alarm Output Hot Spots per Map 128
Map Labels per Map 128
Hot Regions in Total 1,024
Camera Hot Spots in Total 3,000
Alarm Input Hot Spots in Total 3,000
Alarm Output Hot Spots in Total 3,000
Labels in Total 3,000
Elements on GIS Map in Total 3,000
Vehicle Lists 100
Vehicles per Vehicle List 5,000
Under Vehicle Surveillance Systems 4
Vehicle Vehicle Undercarriage Pictures 3,000
(ANPR) 20/s with Pictures (Each Picture 500 KB,
Storage of License Plate Stored in VSM Server)
Matched/Mismatched Events 120/s with Pictures (Each Picture 500 KB,
Stored in Recording Server)
Face Pictures 10,000
Face Comparison Groups 64
Persons in One Face Comparison
10,000
Group
Face
120/s without Pictures
Comparison
20/s with Pictures (Each Picture 500 KB,
Storage of Face Matched/Mismatched
Stored in VSM Server)
Events
120/s with Pictures (Each Picture 500 KB,
Stored in Recording Server)
Persons 10,000
Cards 50,000
Fingerprints 40,000
Person
Credentials (Card + Fingerprint) 50,000
Size of Each Profile 300 KB
Total Size of Profiles 3 GB
Access Points 128
Access Control
Access Points on Each E-map 128

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Access Points on E-maps in Total 128

Anti-Passback Rules 128
Access Points in One Anti-Passback
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Rule
Access Groups 64
Persons in One Access Group 1,000
Access Levels 128
Access Points in One Access Level 128
Access Levels Assigned to One Access
8
Group
Access Schedules 32
Attendance Groups 64
Persons in One Attendance Group 1,000
Shift Schedules 128
Holidays 16
Decoding Devices 32
Smart Walls 32
Views 1,000
View Groups 100
Views Auto-Switched Simultaneously 32
In Normal Mode:
 Total Amount: 16 windows
 Total Area: 4 times of the area of the
DS-C10S
base window④
Smart Wall
In Tile Mode:
Opened Windows
 Total Amount: 8 Windows
for Each Decoding
 Total Amount: 36 windows
Output
DS-6900UDI  Total Area: 3 times of the area of the
base window
 Total Amount: 16 windows
DS-6400HDI-T  Total Area: 3 times of the area of the
base window
Operation Logs Storage 500,000

Streaming Server’s Maximum Performance

Video Input Bandwidth per Streaming Server 300 × 2 Mbps
Video Output Bandwidth per Streaming Server 300 × 2 Mbps
*
①: For one VSM server, the maximum number of the added encoding devices, access control
devices, and security control in total is 1,024. If the number of the manageable cameras
(including the cameras directly added to the VSM and the cameras connected to these added
devices) exceeds 3000, the exceeded cameras cannot be imported to the areas.
②: For one VSM server, the maximum number of the added encoding devices, access control
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manageable cameras (including the cameras directly added to the VSM and the cameras
connected to these added devices) exceeds 3000, the exceeded cameras cannot be imported to
the areas.
③: For one VSM server, the maximum number of the added encoding devices, access control
devices, security control devices, and Remote Sites in total is 1,024. If the number of the
manageable cameras (including the cameras managed on the current site and the cameras from
the Remote Sites) in the Central System exceeds 100,000, the exceeded cameras cannot be
managed in the Central System.
④: Base window refers to the window linked with one decoding output, and the windows are
opened and overlapped on it.

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Hardware Specification
Hikvision bought 3-year platinum service from Dell. You can get assistance from your regional
Dell support center if you encounter any problems on the Dell server.
For details, refer to Maintenance Guide of Dell All-In-One Server.
Feature E3-1220 V5
Processer E3-1220 V5 (4-Core, 3.0 GHz)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 R2
Memory 16G DDR4, 2400MT/s UDIMMS
Storage 1T SATA × 2, 3.5" Enterprise SATA 7.2k HDDs
RAID H330 RAID Controller with RAID 1
NIC 1GbE × 2
Chassis 1U, Rack Mount
Battery CR-2032 Coin Cell/Lithium/0.0032kg
Power Supply 250W Cabled PSU
Dimensions 482.38 mm × 567.92 mm × 42.8 mm
(W × D × H) (18.99" × 22.36" × 1.69")
Weight 9.5 kg
Dimensions 750 mm × 614 mm × 259 mm
with Package
(W × D × H) (29.53" × 24.17" × 10.2")
Weight
15.8 kg (34.8 lb)
with Package
License with 64 Cameras Manageable;
License
License with 300 Cameras Manageable.

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